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Honor and Memorial Awards and LecturesLearn from the top professionals in chest and critical care medicine. The honor and memorial lectures give you a unique opportunity to interact with and learn from experts who are recognized internationally for their contributions to science and medicine. College Medalist Award
The College Medalist Award is a longstanding award for meritorious service in furthering work in chest medicine. It honors a clinician, author, teacher, or investigator. Honorary Fellow Award
The Honorary Fellowship is a time-honored award given to an individual who has uniquely contributed to cardiopulmonary and critical care medicine worldwide and/or whose creativity and vision have advanced the work of the ACCP. Distinguished Fellow Award
The Distinguished Fellow award was first conferred in 1976 and was given to Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP. The award is not an annual award but is conferred as appropriate to an ACCP Fellow who has held a leadership position in the ACCP and has led significant society achievements. Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP, Honor Lecture Monday, October 22
During his 3 decades at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Edward C. Rosenow has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians. This lecture, first conferred in 2005, is awarded to an ACCP member who has made an outstanding contribution to the mentorship and training of chest physicians or to the overall development of the ACCP and its members. Supported by The CHEST Foundation. Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture Tuesday, October 23 This memorial lecture was established in 1997 to honor Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP. Dr. Bone made unprecedented advances in critical care, particularly in sepsis and sepsis research; empowered physicians to communicate with their patients and their families about end-of-life issues; and made significant society achievements. Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders
Lecture Wednesday, October 24 In 1974, this lecture was established in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, the precursor organization to the ACCP. He envisioned a society of professionals to promote knowledge of thoracic medicine and to publish a journal devoted to diseases of the chest. This award is traditionally conferred to a pioneer in pulmonary and critical care medicine who is developing innovative approaches and therapies expected to guide medicine for decades to come. Supported by The CHEST Foundation. Margaret Pfrommer Memorial Lecture in Long-term Mechanical Ventilation Wednesday, October 24
This award was established in 1999 by Dr. Eveline Faure and Dr. Allen I. Goldberg to honor their lifelong colleague and friend, Margaret Pfrommer, a postpolio survivor and patient advocate. It was established to ensure that individuals who use mechanical ventilation, and their families, can work more effectively in partnership with members of their health-care team. Supported by The CHEST Foundation. Canadian Thoracic Society/Institute
of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Distinguished Lecture in the Respiratory
Sciences Monday, October 22
Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture Monday, October 22
The Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture, formerly the Distinguished Lecture in Physiology Award, was first conferred in 1973 and has since been given annually to a well-respected and published original investigator in pulmonary clinical physiology. Canadian Thoracic Society Christie
Memorial Lecture Monday, October 22
Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture
in Interventional Medicine Tuesday, October 23
This lecture, established in 2006, is awarded to an ACCP member well-known for his or her work in interventional medicine. Topic areas considered include clinical state-of-the-art innovations, economic impact, invention, interventional critical care, research opportunities, and a host of other interesting facets of interventional medicine. This memorial lecture is named in honor of Pasquale Ciaglia, MD, FCCP, the thoracic surgeon who made percutaneous tracheotomy a standard of clinical practice, changing the way long-term ventilation management is performed. Supported by an educational grant from Cook, Inc., and The CHEST Foundation. Presidential Citation Honor Lecture Saturday, October 20
This award, first conferred in 1970, honors an outstanding faculty member speaking at CHEST. The current ACCP President chooses the recipient based upon his or her exceptional expertise in a given field. ACCP Honor Awards Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence
This award was established in 1992 to honor Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP, Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST from 1968 to 1993, and Executive Director of the ACCP from 1968 to 1992. Awardees have made significant contributions to CHEST and are often world experts in specific areas of pulmonary and critical care medicine, have written numerous papers and abstracts, have served as primary investigators, and/ or have served as the editor of a specific department in CHEST. Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health
These two scientists and educators have been highly productive in similar areas of research, prevention, and in medical and public education relating cigarette smoking with cancer. Both investigators are nationally and internationally recognized, and their research efforts have focused on the use of specific drugs that are directed to promote the choice, dose, and duration of treatment of tobacco dependence based on a smoker’s genetic characteristics. Additionally, Dr. Lerman and Dr. Tyndale have made scholarly contributions to our understanding of the ethical and health policy issues that must be addressed for the successful clinical translation of pharmaceutical research. They have contributed to society well by serving on advisory committees on research funding, scientific publications, and through the education of scientific and lay advisory groups. The Oschsner Award was established in 1986 by John Ochsner, MD, in the name of his father Alton Ochsner, MD, FCCP. Dr. Alton Ochsner was one of the five founders of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was the first to conceive that cigarette smoking had a causal relationship to carcinoma of the lung. This award is presented annually, at the CHEST meeting, to one or more physicians or scientists whose research or clinical contributions have impacted the overall scientific knowledge and medical practice that link cigarette smoking to health. Master Fellows Award
Awarded to Susan K. Pingleton, MD, Master FCCP Her commitments to the ACCP are remarkable. She was the ACCP President from 1999-2000 and has served on the Board of Regents and the Committee on Manpower of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Societies. She is Past Chair of the Manpower and Training Committee. Other ACCP leadership positions include ACCP Governor for Kansas, Director of the Critical Care Board Review Course, Chair of Council of Governors, Chair of the 1988 Annual Meeting, and Co-Chair of the CHEST 1997 Program Committee. This title was established in 1980 to honor Fellows of the ACCP who have achieved national or international professional prominence due to their personal character, leadership, eminence in clinical practice, contributions to medical research, or years of outstanding service to the College. The position of Master is conferred by a majority vote of the ACCP Board of Regents. Master Teacher Award in Continuing
Medical Education Dr. Edward C. Rosenow is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Former Arthur M. and Gladys D. Gray Professor of Medicine, and Former Chair, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Rosenow has promoted the development and training of hundreds of chest physicians during his 3 decades at the Mayo Clinic. Even in retirement, Dr. Rosenow continues to play an active role as mentor to physicians-intraining to ensure optimal patient care. His outstanding leadership, both within and outside of the ACCP, The CHEST Foundation, and Mayo Clinic, is extraordinary, as are his honors and awards as a physician and teacher. Awards, lectures, and endowments have been named in his honor, including the ACCP Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP Honor Lecture. A Master Fellow of the ACCP, Dr. Rosenow has served as the President of the College and as President and Chair of The CHEST Foundation. He has been a reviewer for CHEST, Archives of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and several other journals, and he has published more than 150 publications, including 48 book chapters. He has repeatedly been named in the “best doctors” publications and in Who’s Who. Distinguished Service Award The following people will be receiving Distinguished Service Awards in recognition of their pro bono service:
International Partnering for World Health Award 2007 John L. Kirkwood
Mr. Kirkwood established the Chicago Asthma Consortium, in cooperation with the American College of Chest Physicians. Among many of his other accomplishments, he reorganized the International Tuberculosis Foundation, reactivated the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease North American Region, developed a joint program with the American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate to organize the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco, and developed a joint program with the University of Illinois School of Public Health to establish the largest asbestos training program in the Midwest. Archie Turnbull
The ERS has grown to be a significant organization with the largest congress in the field and developments in online distance learning, advocacy at the European level, and an expanded scientific program. Carl C. Booberg The ATS became an independent, international medical society, separating corporately from the American Lung Association, in 2000. Mr. Booberg worked with ATS members to implement the Society’s programs, expand its membership, broaden its International Conference offerings, and develop its journals. |
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Dr. Celli is Professor
of Medicine at Tufts
University and Chief of
the Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care at
St. Elizabeth’s Medical
Center in Boston, MA. The laboratory he
directs has concentrated on biomarkers
and outcomes in COPD. His primary
research interests are in COPD, pulmonary
rehabilitation, exercise, respiratory
muscles, and control of breathing. He has
published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific
papers and edited several books. Dr.
Celli is on the CHEST Editorial Board and
has served on the ACCP-SEEK Editorial
Board and several NetWork steering committees.
He is past chairman of the Clinical
Assembly of the American Thoracic
Society and past president of the Massachusetts
Thoracic Society and New
England College of Chest Physicians. His
trainees have served around the United
States and the world.
Dr. Teboul is Professor
of Therapeutics and
Critical Care Medicine at
the University Paris 11
(France) and Vice Dean
of the Paris-South Medical
School. He exerts his clinical activity at
the medical ICU of the Bicêtre University
Hospital in Paris. His research interests are
in heart-lung interactions, cardiovascular
performance, tissue oxygenation, hemodynamic
monitoring, and assessment of
volume status. During the last 20 years,
his aim has been to apply principles
of basic physiology at the bedside for
better management of cardiopulmonary
disorders in critically ill patients. He has
published numerous original papers
and book chapters and is a frequently
invited lecturer worldwide. Dr. Teboul was
General Secretary of the French Society
of Intensive Care Medicine (SRLF) from
1999 to 2002 and is currently the French
representative for the European Society
of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
Dr. Irwin is a tenured
Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Nursing,
and Chair of Critical
Care Operations at the
University of Massachusetts
and U Mass Memorial Medical
Center in Worcester, MA. He is also the
Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST. His
major research interests include the
pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment
of cough; health-related quality of life;
difficult to control asthma; gastrointestinal-
respiratory system interactions, and
health-care utilization in the ICU. Dr. Irwin
has authored 170 peer-reviewed articles
and 224 textbook chapters and edited
37 books and monographs. As an active
ACCP Fellow since 1979, Dr. Irwin has
served the College in many leadership
roles, including President from 2003 to
2004. Dr. Irwin has been the recipient of
numerous teaching awards and honors,
including being selected to be listed in
the Best Doctors in America, America’s Top
Doctors, and America’s Top Physicians.
Dr. Light is Professor of
Medicine at Vanderbilt
University in Nashville,
TN. He is an internationally
known pulmonary
physician who has
spoken in 39 countries. Dr. Light is best
known for his work in pleural disease. He
developed Light’s criteria for the separation
of transudates and exudates more
than 30 years ago. Subsequently, he has
published many papers concerning the
pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
of pleural disease. Dr. Light is the
editor of 12 books, of which the two
most famous are Pleural Diseases and The
Textbook of Pleural Disease, which he edits
in conjunction with Dr. Y. C. Gary Lee.
The fifth edition of Pleural Diseases was
published this year.
Dr. Morris is Professor of
Medicine and Adjunct
Professor of Medical
Informatics at the
University of Utah, and
Director of Pulmonary
Research at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake
City, UT. His work in critical care medicine
and his interest in meticulous scientific
inquiry in medicine have shaped his work
in both medicine and medical informatics.
His current research interest is in explicit
clinical research and care methods and
rigorous clinical trial techniques. He
has led LDS Hospital’s participation in
multicenter randomized clinical trials of
treatments, including innovative extracorporeal
therapies, for ARDS.
Dr. Morris leads the four-hospital Utah
Critical Care Treatment Group (CCTG)
for the NIH ARDS Network and is the PI
for a 25-hospital NIH Roadmap contract,
“Reengineering Clinical Research in
Critical Care.” 
Dr. Sanders is Professor
of Medicine and Anesthesiology
at the University
of Pittsburgh, PA. His
research efforts have addressed
the regulation of
ventilation following lung transplantation,
noninvasive ventilation, and the metabolic
consequences of obstructive sleep
apnea/hypopnea. Dr. Sanders’ research
has been supported by the NIH. He has
been on the editorial boards of CHEST, the
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical
Care Medicine, Sleep, and Sleep Medicine
and is Editor in Chief of the Sleep Section
of UpToDate®. He has been on the Executive
Committee of the Association of Sleep
Disorders Centers, Chair of the Research
Committee of the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine, and Program Committee
Chair for the Assembly of Respiratory
Neurobiology and Sleep of the American
Thoracic Society.
Dr. Childress is Professor
Emeritus of Biomedical
Engineering and of
Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation in the
McCormick School of
Engineering and Feinberg
School of Medicine, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL. He is Executive
Director Emeritus of the Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Program, the
Prosthetics Research Laboratory, and
the Prosthetics and Orthotics Education
Program at Northwestern. His research
and development activities are concentrated
in biomechanics, human walking,
artificial limbs, 
Dr. Downey is the
Executive Vice President
of Academic Affairs and
Professor of Medicine,
Pediatrics, and Immunology
at National
Jewish Medical and Research Center and
University of Colorado in Denver, CO. His
current research interests include the innate
immune system, signaling mechanisms
regulating leukocyte activation in
lung injury and sepsis, lung antimicrobial
defenses in the context of cystic fibrosis,
and regenerative medicine with a focus
on cell and gene-based therapy. Dr.
Downey has published more than 160
journal articles, and his work has been
cited over 3,500 times by other authors,
putting him in the top 1% of cited
authors. Dr. Downey is a member of the
American Society for Clinical Investigation,
an Associate Editor for the American
Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular
Biology, and a member of the advisory
board for the Canadian Institute of Health
Research Institute of Circulatory and
Respiratory Health.
Dr. Whipp is retired
Professor Emeritus
from the Physiology
Department at the
University of London’s
St George’s Hospital
Medical School, United Kingdom. His
research interests center on the control of
ventilation and pulmonary gas exchange
during exercise in health and disease. He
has authored more than 300 research
publications and nine books or monographs.
His academic honors include the
following: Established Investigatorship
of the American Heart Association; DSc
by Loughborough University (England);
Citation Award of the American College
of Sports Medicine; Chairmanship of the
Respiratory Commission of the International
Union of Physiological Sciences;
and Wolffe Memorial Lecturer (American
College of Sports Medicine).
Dr. Warren is the Vice
President, Canadian
Society for the History
of Medicine. He retired
from University of
Manitoba as Professor of
Medicine in 2006. He is a past president
of the Canadian Thoracic Society and Canadian
Association for Medical Education.
Dr. Warren has been active in medical history
for many years and was awarded the
Maccabaean Medal for medical history in
1967. In 2004, he received the Diploma
in Medical History of the Society of
Apothecaries. Dr. Warren has written on
the history of tuberculosis, the development
of clinical skills in lung disease, and
medical education. He is currently an MA
student in the Department of History at
the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Ernst is an Associate
Professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School
and Chief of Interventional
Pulmonology at
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in Boston. He also serves
as the Medical Director of the Chest Disease
Center and directs a dedicated fellowship
program in IP. His particular academic
and clinical interests are in benign
structural airway disorders, technology in
medicine, and quality control in interventional
procedures. He has published over
100 peer-reviewed articles, edited several
books, and lectures extensively nationally
and internationally. Dr. Ernst is a member
of the CHEST Editorial Board and serves
as ACCP Governor for Massachusetts. He
currently is a member of several ACCP
committees, including Quality Improvement,
Nominations, and Membership.
Heffner is the Garnjobst
Chair of Medical
Education at Providence
Portland Medical Center
and Adjunct Professor
of Medicine at the
Oregon Health and Sciences University
in Portland, OR. He has broad interests
in pleural disease with special emphasis
on critical appraisal of pleural diagnostic
tests and has published extensively on
critical care airway management, end-of-life care, patient safety, and quality
improvement. Dr. Heffner has authored
over 350 journal articles, editorials,
chapters, and books on a wide range of
pulmonary and critical care topics. He has
held many ACCP leadership positions and
was the program chair for CHEST 2004.
Dr. Heffner has served as the President
of the American Thoracic Society and a
past Chair of the Pulmonary Board of the
ABIM, where he now is a member of the
ABIM Executive Committee.
Mr. Barron is the Section
Editor for Medical
Writing Tips for CHEST.
He pioneered the field
of English for medical
purposes in Japan
and is on the editorial board of over 10
journals, including CHEST, that are mainly
devoted to respiratory medicine. He has
been involved with the translation from
Japanese or the editing for 15 medical
textbooks, several of which have won
awards. In 1991, he established the first
Asian medical communication center, at
Tokyo Medical University, providing support
to staff submitting and resubmitting
papers. Publications from the University
have increased 700% in the past 20 years.
As Vice Chairman of the Japan Society for
Medical English Education, he provided
the initial impetus for the first medical
testing of English competence for medical
professionals in Japan, beginning this
year.
Dr. Lerman is the Mary
W. Calkins Professor
of Psychology in Psychiatry
and Director of
the Tobacco Research
Program at the Annenberg
Public Policy
Center and The Cancer
Control and Population
Sciences Institute
of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA. Dr. Tyndale is the Canadian
Research Chair in Pharmacogenetics
at the Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Baum is Medical
Director (Emeritus),
Israel Lung Association,
and Emeritus
Professor of Medicine
at the Sackler
School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
He previously served as Chief of Pulmonary
at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel
Hashomer, Israel. His current interests
center on TB control; rehabilitation of patients
with COPD; smoking cessation and
education; occupational lung diseases;
and alternative approaches to pulmonary
diseases, with an emphasis on public
health education in these areas. A member
of numerous medical organizations
where he has held leadership positions,
Dr. Baum has served the ACCP in several
areas: he was the ACCP College Medalist
in 1989 and has participated on the
Ethics Committee, CHEST Editorial Board,
and the Palliative and End-of-Life Care
NetWork. He has authored 172 medical
journal articles and 21 chapters in medical textbooks.
Dr. Pingleton currently
is the Petersdorf Scholar
in Residence at the
American Association
of Medical Colleges
in Washington, DC.
She has held the positions of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Division Director at the
University of Kansas for 10 years and Chair
of the Department of Internal Medicine for
more than 5 years. 
The ACCP Master
Teacher Award in
Continuing Medical
Education recognizes
physicians who
have demonstrated
exceptional clinical instruction skills. These
individuals excel by identifying alternative
instruction methodologies to facilitate
a learning environment that actively
engages students. Created in 2006 by the
Education Committee, and supported by
The CHEST Foundation, this award encourages
and supports future generations
of medical educators and is awarded to
individuals who have been innovative in
their approach to medical education and
demonstrate consistent instructional skills
over a number of years.
Mr. Kirkwood is the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the
American Lung Association.
Previous to this,
he held the position of
Executive Director of
the ALA of Metropolitan
Chicago. He has co-chaired the American
Lung Association Clinical Research
Center Network Steering Committee and
has served on the board of directors of
the Combined Health Charities of Illinois,
International Tuberculosis Foundation,
and as Treasurer and board member of the
Chicago Asthma Consortium.
Mr. Turnbull worked in banking and investment
finance in several
locations in the United
Kingdom before moving
to Switzerland in
1966 and focusing on
international finance.
In 1971, he began work for the World
Council of Churches, and in 1985, he accepted
a position with the International
Union against Cancer (UICC). The UICC is
the world coordination body for cancer
research organizations, specialized treatment
centers, and fund-raising organizations
that support research and patients.
He became the Executive Director in 1989
and served for 10 years before taking an
executive position with the European
Respiratory Society (ERS) in 2000. Mr.
Turnbull retired as Executive Director of
ERS in 2007.
Mr. Booberg is the
recently retired
Executive Director of
the American Thoracic
Society (ATS). He began
his long career in lung
health in 1966 as a trainee in the National
TB and RD Association’s Career Development
Program. While holding various positions
for the present day American Lung
Association in Virginia, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, and Florida, he had responsibilities
for local chapters of ATS. In 1993, Mr.
Booberg took a position with the ATS as
Assistant Executive Director, with primary
responsibility for the Society’s education
program. He was named Acting Executive
Director in 1997. |
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